Abstract
In this paper, a review of Alexis de Tocqueville's "Democracy in America" is presented in which the stated goal is to explore the way in which de Tocqueville sees women influencing democracy. The starting point of this inquiry is a quote that de Tocqueville made about the importance of women in American society. The paper then goes on to discuss many aspects of inequality and prejudice in America, including racism and sexism. Throughout these discussions, the reviewer returns to citing de Tocqueville's view of the superior nature of women and their ability to shape society.

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"Furthermore, democratic society is plagued by an excess of materialism and love of well-being. Equality itself causes materialism, in conjunction with the commercial spirit which is characteristic of American democracy. Without the security of a caste system, the rich fear losing their wealth and the poor are constantly agitated by the desire to gain riches (pg. 507). This focus on material goods causes Americans to "[lose] sight of the more precious goods that make the glory and greatness of the human species" (pg. 509). In other words, materialists look only to the immediate gratification of earthly comforts, reinforcing an individualist outlook. Tocqueville fears that the pursuit of well-being will degrade democratic men and leave them atomized and narrow minded."

Tags:America, women, mores, society

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The paper shows how Alexis de Tocqueville in his "Democracy in America" was well-aware of the tremendous suffering born by African Americans and Native Americans on European-dominated soil. The paper points out that Tocqueville perceived America's native population in a more sympathetic light than that of the African Americans. The paper demonstrates how Tocqueville does not try to excuse or ignore the American legacy of slavery and oppression, even while he celebrates American democracy.

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"Often, it is thought that long ago, individuals were not as enlightened as we are now today about race relations. However, a quick survey of Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America shows this supposition to be false. Tocqueville was all too well-aware of the tremendous suffering born by African-Americans and Native Americans on European-dominated soil. While Tocqueville took a generally positive view of American democracy, and generally judged social and political relations in America to be more democratic and therefore superior to conditions of his native France, the treatment of nonwhite races, particularly Native Americans gave him great pause when evaluating the excellence of the American experiment in democracy."

Tags:African, Americans, Native, Americans, oppression, slavery, colonialism

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This paper compares the America of today to the America of Alexis De Tocqueville, claiming that were De Tocqueville alive today to see what America has become he would snicker at what he wrote about America being a society that gave equal opportunities to all.

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"Alexis De Tocqueville seemed smitten with the freedom and the lack of hereditary privilege he found in America in the first half of the nineteenth Century. What he saw then was a nation not bound by hereditary estates or titles, but supposedly gave equal opportunities to all. His revolution created Napoleon. The American Revolution produced the Constitution, Washington Jefferson and Madison."

Tags:liberals, left-wingers, democracy, vote, elections, intellect, unequal, distribution

Abstract
This paper explains that the most essential discussion in de Tocqueville's "Democracy in America" establishes that the country's culture determines the "practical philosophy" of American politics, as well as the establishment of a more egalitarian than libertarian society. The author points out that the social conditions of governing American politics are based on gender, religion, and even the dichotomy and differences that de Tocqueville raises between the Americans and Europeans. The paper relates that de Tocqueville's thesis posits that people or Americans govern the country, and this socio-political order has both advantages and disadvantages that result in the development of a government that is called "the tyranny of the majority".

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"Social institutions are also an important force that forms the core of American politics. With stronger power and influence in politics, social institutions and groups in America have the authority to determine whose power will become dominant in the country. By studying the role that the mass media, particularly the press institution, plays in enforcing the authority of the majority in American politics, Tocqueville argues that in a country where mass media is a powerful institution affecting public opinion, Means must then be found to converse every day without seeing one another, and to take steps in common without having met. Thus hardly any democratic association can do without newspapers.? These, in general, are the forces that determine the nature of American politics as determined by Tocqueville in "Democracy in America"."

Tags:majority, egalitarian, dichotomy, europe, media

Abstract
This paper reviews the writings of Alexis de Tocqueville and how they might illuminate the nation-building effort now taking place in Iraq or the need to address the provision of disaster relief in the region of the Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Katrina. The paper continues by pointing out that these are two issues de Tocqueville knew nothing about but which do reflect certain elements in his analysis of American society.

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"One of the earliest analyses of American culture was that of Alexis de Tocqueville, a French visitor who traveled the country in 1835 and 1840 and commented on what he saw and experienced. What he writes raises issues of the meaning of democracy, the society that can support democracy, and some of the ways each may change over time. While De Tocqueville knew nothing of the nation-building effort now taking place in Iraq or the need to address the provision of disaster relief in the region of the Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Katrina, his ideas about how democracy works are cogent and applicable to the way the United States government is responding to each of these issues. The social condition of equality is the moving force and principle of democratic regimes, and for de Tocqueville this is the fundamental fact from which all others must be derived."

Tags:detocqueville, iraq, hurricane

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This paper discusses the idea of democracy as given by Alexis de Tocqueville who wrote a comprehensive book on the democratic system of America. He was of the view that though American democratic system was working successfully, it still had some weaknesses, which should be addressed effectively.

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This paper examines how Alexis de Tocqueville describes through his literature, the philosophical strain of American religious and political thought in the mid 19th century as a philosophy of pantheism, pluralism, materialism and above all, of the tyranny of the American democratic majority.

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"Religion in America, Tocqueville suggested, and faith in America was not necessarily freely chosen, but determined upon by popular consensus as an alternative to the hierarchical dogma that predominated in European forms of faith. Material goods in the here and now rather than faith in the beyond were the American measure of a person's glory and socially isolates human beings, because this is what the common people responded to. "It must be acknowledged that equality, which brings great benefits into the world, nevertheless suggests to men (as will be shown hereafter) some very dangerous propensities. It tends to isolate them from one another, to concentrate every man's attention upon himself; and it lays open the soul to an inordinate love of material gratification.""

Tags:pantheism, pluralism, materialism, majority, europe

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This paper analyzes the varying viewpoints of John Stuart Mill and Alex de Tocqueville. The paper explains that Mill saw the individuality of a person as vital to a democracy, as long as people did not physically harm other people in the process. This differs slightly from Tocqueville's "excessive individuality" because it does not promote a selfish form of individuality, but infers to a person's right to be an individual as long as they did not harm the health and well being of the state.

Tags:liberty, home, freedom

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This paper provide a scholarly evaluation of Tocqueville's arguments about democratic culture in the United States, the perceptions of Walt Whitman in this regard, and their legacy for modern American culture. A summary of the research is provided in the conclusion.

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"Originally visiting America to study prison reform, Alexis De Tocqueville quickly became fascinated by the lifestyle of the Americans. His Democracy in America addressed America's love for equality over freedom; materialism; religious mores; and the American educational system. His first-hand, insightful descriptions of the country in 1831-1832 from New York to New Orleans provide some contrasting portraits of the average American from a foreigner's perspective. For instance, intrigued by the everyday life of Americans De Tocqueville described the inside of one home in Tennessee in his diary as being one characterized by slothfulness and inattentiveness to the quality of living conditions, factors that were cited above and beyond the poverty noted and for which the latter could not completely account."

Tags:democracy, leaves, song

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Discusses Tocqueville's observations about public administration in the United States. Argues that Richard Stillman II incorrectly concludes that Tocqueville is condemning American administration. The paper asserts that Tocqueville understood that the weaknesses in American administration were "by design" in order to prevent tyranny and over-centralization.

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"Often times, it seems that the best critic is an outside observer? one who can offer plain insight without prideful bias. This is demonstrated by the fact that the best-known commentary on American politics and administration was written not by an American, but by a 26-year-old Frenchman by the name of Alexis de Tocqueville. As an outsider, he had a much clearer perspective than those around him and was able to more accurately report on both the strengths and weaknesses of the American system."

Tags:america, democracy, management, politics, stillman, urban, commentry